Sealing and dispensing means for bottles



/ A ril 19, 1938. L HSHER 2,114,797

SEALING AND DISPE NSING MEANS FOR BOTTLES Filed Aug. 23, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet l Imlsrqronz Lem F'vamz.

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L. FISHER SEALING AND DISPENSING MEANS FOR BOTTLES Filed Aug. 23, 1937 2 Sheets$heet 2 LEON FisaEz Imam-o2,

Patented Apr. 19, 1938 SEALENG AND DISPENSING MEAN S FOR BQTTLES Leon Fisher,

Application August 23,

5 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in sealing and dispensing means for bottles.

The main object of the invention is to provide a means whereby a bottle may be sealed in such manner that after the seal is once broken the fact will be readily noticeable and the seal cannot again be made. Thus adulteration of the contents of the bottle cannot be practiced without the user or customer being aware of the fact.

Another object is to provide for use in connection and cooperation with such a seal a dispensing means for breaking the seal and pouring the contents of the bottle, this dispenser being of such nature that the contents of the bottle are protected at all times and positively no adulteration of the contents can be carried out by pouring another liquid into the bottle.

With these and other objects in View the invention resides in the novel construction and arrangement of parts as hereinafter fully set forth and claimed, reference being had to the acccmpanying drawings as showing a preferred embodi ment of my invention for purposes of exemplification.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a cross section through the neck of a bottle equipped with my seal.

Figure 2 is a side view or" the seal alone.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the seal.

Figure 4 is a perspective View of the telltale cap for the seal.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the cork casings or enclosures for the seal and cap.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the plug and cork cylinder for the bottle.

Figure 7 is a vertical longitudinal section through the bottle equipped with my seal and dispenser.

Figure 8 is a side view of the dispenser alone.

Figure 9 is a side view of the'cap for the dispenser.

Figure 10 is a bottom end view of the dispenser.

Figure 11 is a cross section along the line l-i l in Figure 7.

In accordance with my invention the neck A of the bottle B is formed with a throat or passage C having a slightly smaller diameter at its lower portion 0 than at its upper portion C" and with an annular recess or groove D formed at the junction of these portions. Thus an annular shoulder or ledge E is formed.

My sealing device comprises a cylindrical sleeve 1 of such diameter that it will fit loosely into the bottle neck throat C and having its upper edge turned outwardly .and back on itself at an oblique Auburn, N. Y.

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angle forming a flange 2 which in this position is of such exterior diameter as to just clear the larger upper portion C of the throat but not the smaller lower portion C. This flange 2 is notched or nicked around its edge at intervals as shown at 3. A tubular cork shell or cylinder 9 slips over the sleeve 5 up to the flange 2 but leaves the lower portion of the sleeve uncovered.

A fiat cup-shaped seal cap or telltale 4 is provided and has a narrow upstanding wall 5 adapted to fit tightly over and frictionally engage the lower end of the sleeve I so as to close the passage through this sleeve. A cone shaped button or catch 6 is secured to the center of the cap 2 and is. spaced upwardly a short distance by the neck 2'. A cork cap 8 of the same shape as the cap i is secured thereover.

The sealing device thus formed is slipped down into the throat of the bottle until the flange 2 strikes the shoulder E whereupon, by pressing down harder on the flange as by means of a tubular tool of any kind (not shown) inserted into the neck, the flange will be flattened out at right angles to the sleeve i and will increase in diameter so that by its engagement in the recess D the seal cannot again be removed from the bottle. The corks 8 and Swill then tightly fit into the smaller lower portion C of the neck and the contents of the bottle cannot be poured out nor can any other liquid be added to the bottle. However, by inserting a tool of any suitable kind down into the sleeve i the cap t may be punched down ofi the sleeve dropping into the bottle and the passage is opened through the neck for pouring out the contents cf'the bottle. The fact of the seal being broken is of course readily evident by the absence of the telltale cap 4 from the neck of the bottle and the customer or buyer then knows that the bottle is open and its contents subject to adulteration. Where the customer buys the whole bottle for his own use this is of no importance but where he buys but a portion of the contents as in the case of a liquor bottle this is of course objectional. The seal being in place at the outset insures him that the contents of the bottle has not been tampered with since leaving the bottling plant and forthe other cases where the contents to be dispensed a little at a time to the public I provide the dispensing means for use with the seal as now to be described.

The dispensing device comprises a long tube iii of such diameter as to fit nicely through the seal sleeve I and of such length as to just clear the bottom of the bottle B when the upper end of the tube extends a short distance from the neck A. The lower end of the tube I0 tapers off slightly as at H and it is closed by the end wall l2 which however has a central aperture l3 just smaller than the major diameter of the aforesaid button 6 on the seal cap 4. Slots l4 run from the aperture l3 out to the walls of the tube l0 and by inserting the tube down through the bottle neck into the sleeve i this aperture l3 will register with the button 6 and the slots M will allow sufficient resiliency for the parts to spread so that the aperture slips over the button, as shown in Figure 7. A further push on the tube will then punch the cap 5 off the sleeve l and the tube will drop down into the bottle carrying the cap 4 at its lower end.

A housing 45 surmounts the upper end of the tube 6 and comprises a base i6 having an aperture l'i adapted to fit tightly around the tube with the base at rest on the upper end of said neck. The tube it extends upwardly through the base Hi and is flared out as at that above to form a valve seat in which a disk valve 53 is seated and held of its own weight. The housing proper is made of netal in the dome shaped form shown and seats over a flange 58 on the base 5. The upper end has a small extended neck 2! surrounding the opening 2% and spaced downwardly therefrom is a guide frame or spider 22 having a central hub 23. This hub slidably receives the stem 2% extended from the valve and a Weight disk 26 is secured to the stern above the hub. Just beneath the opening 2! is a guard disk 27! supported centrally in the housing by small arms 28.

An air line 29 of fine tubular form extends down through the tube l9 and opens at its lower end 38 out through one side of the tapered portion ll of the tube. The upper end 3| of the air line tu ned laterally out through he side of the housing l5 and opens into the outside air.

Some distance below its upper flared end the tube H) has an interior valve sleeve 32 with a downwardly tapering bore 33 and a cork ball 3 is put in the tube so as to seat in the bore. Further down along the tube and below the bottle neck A apertures 35 are formed opening through the walls of the tube.

With the dispenser mounted as shown and described the bottle is sealed by the valve disk l8 and by the cork ball valve l9. The latter acts as a check valve absolutely preventing any pouring of a liquid into the bottle.

To pour out the contents the bottle is tipped over until the valve disk l8 falls clear of the valve seat ifia whereupon the liquid ill flow from the bottle through the apertures 35 into the tube, out past the ball is (which unseats until it strikes the stop 35) and finally out through the housing and the neck 23. Such air as necessary to replace the contents as they pour is admitted hrough the air line 29 the lower end of which is above the liquid level when the bottle is inverted. When the bottle is again set up on its bottom the valves 53 and 3 reseat themselves and seal the bottle.

A cap 3? is provided for the neck 29 and where the dispenser is not used a plug 38 may be placed in the bottle neck. A cork sleeve fits into the neck and receives either the tube IS or this plug 38.

While I have herein set forth a certain preferred embodiment of my invention it is understood that I may vary from the same in minor structural details so as best to provide a practical device for the purposes intended, not departing from the spirit of the invention and within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In combination with a bottle including a neck having a shoulder formed inside and a recess around said shoulder, a sealing sleeve mounted in the neck and having a flange adapted upon the insertion of the sleeve into the neck to strike the shoulder and enter the said recess, and a cap removably mounted on the sleeve.

2. In combination with a bottle including a neck having a shoulder formed inside and a recess around said shoulder, a sealing sleeve mounted in the neck and having a flange adapted upon the insertion of the sleeve into the neck to strike the shoulder and enter the said recess, and a cap removably mounted on the sleeve, the said flange on the sleeve being initially turned back on the sleeve at an oblique angle whereby it may be straightened out at right angles to project into the said recess.

3. In combination with a bottle including a neck having an inwardly extending shoulder and a recess formed around the shoulder, a sealing sleeve having a flange on its upper end adapted to engage the said shoulder and extend outwardly into the recess to secure the sleeve in the neck, a cap frictionally engaged over and closing the lower end of the sleeve, a tapered button on the cap, a tube adapted to enter the bottle through the sealing sleeve and having means at its lower end for engaging the said button and forcing the cap off the sleeve, a gravity operated valve at the upper end of the tube, and a housing enclosing the valve but having an outlet opening at its upper end.

4. In combination with a bottle including a neck having an inwardly extending shoulder and a recess formed around the shoulder, a sealing sleeve having a flange on its upper end adapted to engage the said shoulder and extend outwardly into the recess to secure the sleeve in the neck, a cap frictionaly engaged over and closing the lower end of the sleeve, a tapered button on the cap, a tube adapted to enter the bottle through the sealing sleeve and having means at its lower end for engaging the said button and forcing the cap off the sleeve, a gravity operated valve at the upper end of the tube, a housing enclosing the valve but having an. outlet opening at its upper end, and a check valve in the tube permitting the flow of liquid only outwardly from the bottle.

5. In combination with a bottle including a neck having an inwardly extending shoulder and a recess formed around the shoulder, a sealing sleeve having a flange on its upper end adapted to engage the said shoulder and extend outwardly into the recess to secure the sleeve in the neck, a cap lrictionally engaged over and closing the lower end of the sleeve, a tapered button on the cap, a tube adapted to enter the bottle through the sealing sleeve and having means at its lower end for engaging the said button and forcing the cap ofi the sleeve, a gravity operated valve at the upper end of the tube, a housing enclosing the valve but having an outlet opening at its upper end, a check valve in the tube, an air line running from the lower end of the tube out through the housing, and the tube having inlet openings just below the neck of the bottle.

LEON FISHER. 

